SA Book & Challenge Lovers discussion

The planned list so far.



4. Finish a book that you started but gave up on.
Closing Time✔

6. Read a book with the word second, (not seconds) two or twice in the title. The catch is it can't be the second book in a series.

A Tale of Two Cities

8. Read a book with 7 or more words in the title.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest✔

9. Read a book that is number 7,8 or 9 in a stand alone series.
Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections ✔

12. Read a book that has a two part title that coincides with your initials (just first and last name).
The Manchurian Candidate or Myth-Chief

14. A title with 3 or more words, each starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
A Game of Thrones✔


22. Get three of the other sado-masochists here to choose a book that they think you'll HATE but that they think you should read.
The Host or The Virgin Suicides or The Graveyard Book.

25. Read an entire series consisting of 6 or more books. Re-reads not allowed!
The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks

29. Read a graphic novel.
Watchmen✔

28. The terrible threes: Read three trilogies. (Re-reads allowed, but you must start from book 1)
The Bromeliad Trilogy,

30. Pick a theme, any theme fantasy, horror, whatever and read 6 different books belonging to that theme written by 6 different authors coming from the 6 different continents so from Europa, Africa, Asia, Australia, North-America and South-America.

Mystery:
North America : Caught Stealing ✔



31. colour coded theme - You have to read 9 books. Each book must contain a colour in the title. The following colours should be used -
1. Yellow - That Yellow Bastard
2. Red - The Hunt for Red October
3. Blue - Electric Blue
4. Green
5. White - White Fang
6. Black
7. Brown
8. Any other colour like Orange, Purple, Turquoise, Pink - A Clockwork Orange
9. Last book should contain a word that implies colour, like rainbow, polka-dot, stripes
or The Travis MgGee series by John D. MacDonald

35. There is a song called "The Book Lovers" by the Divine Comedy. Read one book of 3 authors mentioned in the song.
Emma ##, The Brothers Karamazov and The Algebraist

38. a) Read 9 debut novels by different authors (first actual novel in print by a major publisher).
Neuromancer by William Gibson ✔

b) Then read 3 novels published before the death of its author. (That author's last novel).


40. A one-word title with 10 letters.
Boneshaker ✔


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If you're going to reread Moby Dick then I wish you good luck and a lot of patience. I really want to discourage you from doing it. I just finished it after I had given it a try 10 years ago and got to page 168 before putting it aside. This time I read and finished it and normally I let people make up their own mind and don't discourage reading a book but with this book I do. It is horrible. If you're going to reread it and want to talk about it, I am here for you! :)

I really don't want to read it. I tried reading it in high school and didn't finish the first chapter. But its the only book that I can remember not finishing that I tried to read.

It depends if Lu chose Diabolical as a title to be hard or plain torture. I probably will just finish Closing Time but if I do read it, I'll need the support.

The list so far...


9. Read a book that is number 7,8 or 9 in a stand alone series. ✔
Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections
35.
North America: Caught Stealing
38.
a) Neuromancer
40.A one-word title with 10 letters ✔
Boneshaker

Books Read: 4
Challenges Started: 4
Challenges Finished: 2

till June.


4. Finish a book that you started but gave up on.
Closing Time ✔

8. Read a book with 7 or more words in the title.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest ✔

14. A title with 3 or more words, each starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
A Game of Thrones ✔

29. Read a graphic novel.
Watchmen ✔

Books Read: 9
Challenges Started: 10
Challenges Finished: 6

Congratz Mohammed!